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Paula Navarro

@navarropaula.bsky.social
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Cryo-electron tomography all the time. #teamtomo Assistant Professor at DMF-UNIL,Switzerland wp.unil.ch/navarrolab

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Andrea Vettiger @avettiger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I am delighted to share our latest paper on mycomembrane protein assembly which came out last week in @pnas.org This was a fantastic collaboration between my former colleague, Elizabeth (#Betsy) Hart, and my first PhD student, Dieuwertje (#Didi) de Bruin. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... (1/n)
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Alexander Harms @aharms485.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The final version of our manuscript on TnSeq in bacteriophages (“HIDEN-SEQ”) is out today – if you have an interesting phage phenotype and want to know the underlying genetic basis, this one is for you! 1/4
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Janani Durairaj (Jay) @ninjani.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The PhD and Postdoc application links are now live! Come join me at UNIL to work on deep learning for protein structure, interactions & design. pickybinders.org#open-positions
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Career Opportunities: PhD student position in deep learning for enzyme structure & catalysis (22980)
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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
PLEASE SHARE! New job openings in my lab @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We have a broad interest into the mechanistic basis of how molecular complexes are rewired during cellular development in plants and during invasion by pathogens. 🌱🍄🔬 See details below 👇 #PlantSciJobs
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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 28/07/2026
The final version of @florentwaltz.bsky.social's Chlamy chlororibosome "hat" is now online at @natplants.nature.com 🌾 📜 nature.com/articles/s41477-026-02361-1 🧪🔬 #TeamTomo The charge complementarity in the arm domain is striking. Blue & red proteins wrapped around each other, like a barber pole💈
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Ben Barad @baradlab.com · 09/07/2026
cxtoolshed.rbvi.ucsf.edu/apps/chimera... Available through the toolshed now! Thanks to the chimera team for reviewing this one very quickly.
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ChimeraX Toolshed - MorphometricsX
Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization amd Informatics (RBVI), and its precursor, the Computer Graphics Laboratory (CGL), develops cutting-edge interactive software tools and advanced web-based comp...
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 03/07/2026
Out Now! The penicillin-binding protein PBP1b fortifies the Escherichia coli division site against osmotic rupture #MicroSky
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The penicillin-binding protein PBP1b fortifies the Escherichia coli division site against osmotic rupture
Nature Microbiology, Published online: 03 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02403-6A specific isoform of PBP1b functions independently of the activator protein, LpoB, to drive generation of a wedge-like peptidoglycan structure that strengthens the division site in Escherichia coli.
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Faculté de biologie et de médecine @fbm-unil.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🔬 Rencontre avec @navarropaula.bsky.social, pour qui les secrets du vivant se cachent à l’échelle atomique. Pour explorer cet univers minuscule, la biologiste s’appuie sur la #cryo-microscopie #électronique. Lire la suite 👉 www.unil.ch/news/fr/1783...
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Lausanne, Terre promise de la cryo-microscopie électronique
Pour Paula Navarro, les secrets du vivant se cachent à l’échelle atomique. Pour explorer cet univers minuscule, la biologiste s’appuie sur la cryo-microscopie électronique. Et s’il y a un endroit où p...
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Paula Navarro @navarropaula.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Great collab and awesome teams! @avettiger.bsky.social Tom Bernhardt @harvardmed.bsky.social
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Paula Navarro @navarropaula.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🚨 New in @natmicrobiol.nature.com! We reveal how the antibiotic target PBP1b fortifies the E.coli division site against osmotic rupture. Proud this was completed in our independent labs @dmf-unil.bsky.social, with @avettiger.bsky.social. Congratulations to all authors! 🦠❄️🔬 #teamtomo bit.ly/3SCbOg1 👇
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The penicillin-binding protein PBP1b fortifies the Escherichia coli division site against osmotic rupture - Nature Microbiology
A specific isoform of PBP1b functions independently of the activator protein, LpoB, to drive generation of a wedge-like peptidoglycan structure that strengthens the division site in Escherichia coli.
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Yolanda Schaerli @yschaerli.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Interested in synthetic biology & microbiomes? 🧬🧫 We are recruiting a PhD student to develop biosensors to study microbe–microbe & microbe–host interactions. In beautiful Lausanne, Switzerland🏔️⛵ @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social Apply by 24.05.2026 👇 shorturl.at/6X7M4 Boosts appreciated!
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Career Opportunities: PhD position in microbial synthetic biology (22753)
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Christian Fankhauser @chfankhauser.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I have a PhD student and a post-doc position available in my lab to work on plant photobiology. Please use the links below to postulate. Please RT, many thanks career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree... career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
#ProtistsOnSky no 'swimming' by 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...
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Jan-Willem Veening @veeninglab.com · 20/01/2026
The @dmf-unil.bsky.social is supporting the application of a candidate for the SNSF/ERC Starting Grant (deadline 5th of May). Reach out to me if you are interested. We are collecting CV’s until the 8th of Feb. We can offer a stimulating scientific environment and help with the application/interview.
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Paula Navarro @navarropaula.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
🚨📣Looking for SNSF/ERC Starting Grant host? @dmf-unil.bsky.social offers space, mentoring & admin support! Deadlines: SNSF 5 May, ERC ~Oct. Please, send us CV + brief research stmt by 8 Feb → reach out!!!🚀
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Simona Huwiler @simonahuwiler.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
✨Opportunity to join the 🦁🦠 Predatory Bacteria lab! My lab will move to University of Bern (CH) in April 2026 based on my #ERCStG. Therefore, we are looking for: -a PhD student (shorturl.at/mt0LR) -a 50% Technical Assistant/Lab manager (shorturl.at/0IIKe) 🙏Thanks for sharing. #MicroSky
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Ernst Schmid @ernstschmid.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Thrilled to share that the final piece of my PhD work is now on bioRxiv! biorxiv.org/content/10.1... With support from @nvidia and the @NSF, we used AlphaFold to screen 1.6M+ protein pairs, revealing thousands of potential novel PPIs. All data can be viewed at predictomes.org/hp
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Proteome-wide in silico screening for human protein-protein interactions
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) drive virtually all biological processes, yet most PPIs have not been identified and even more remain structurally unresolved. We developed a two-step computational...
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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
And that’s a wrap on the Great Wall Symposium 2025! Roll on 2027, venue to be confirmed shortly …
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Camilo Perez @camiloperezc6h6.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
We are hiring a Postdoc in membrane protein cryo-EM at the University of Georgia. Looking for candidates with expertise in membrane protein purification and biochemistry. Fully funded for up to 5 years. Join us in Athens, GA. Apply: camilo.perez@uga.edu
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Paula Navarro @navarropaula.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
So happy to have contributed to this beautiful study led by PetrPelech! A combined theory–experiment effort based on our in situ cryo-ET data, revealing how stress-mediated growth shapes E. coli division site morphogenesis. #teamtomo 🌐 🦠🔬❄️🐎 👉📄 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Stress-mediated growth determines Escherichia coli division site morphogenesis | PNAS
In order to proliferate, bacteria must remodel their cell wall at the division site. The division process is driven by the enzymatic activity of pe...
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Danielle Grotjahn @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🚨New preprint!🚨 #teamtomo We expanded Surface Morphometrics to quantify membrane thickness from cryo-ET—revealing local variation across organelles. Led by the lab’s first grad student, @mmedina300kv.bsky.social (defending Monday! 🍾) w/ @attychang.bsky.social @hamid13r.bsky.social & @tomo.science
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Kelly Nguyen @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join us to explore telomerase regulation by histones. Please get in touch if this may interest you.
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Melanie Blokesch @mblokesch.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Join the Blokesch lab (@EPFL) as a postdoc in Molecular Microbiology 🤩 Study Vibrio cholerae defense systems (phage/plasmid) in a dynamic, collaborative environment in Lausanne close to Lake Geneva in 🇨🇭! Please visit my lab's webpage for details about the position and how to formally apply.
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Josh Dickerson @joshdcryoem.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
After years parked at a Polara, I’m excited to share that my PhD work is finally out! We figured out why imaging at liquid helium temperatures wasn’t working—and how to fix it. 🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Reducing the effects of radiation damage in cryo-EM using liquid helium temperatures | PNAS
The physical limit in determining the atomic structure of biological molecules is radiation damage. In electron cryomicroscopy, there have been num...
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Faculté de biologie et de médecine @fbm-unil.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Parmi les nouveaux #subsides de #recherche financés par le @snf-fns-ch.bsky.social 2️⃣3️⃣ projets de la #FBM (UNIL-CHUV-Unisanté) ont été retenus. Découvrez les nouvelles et nouveaux #récipiendaires ➡ www.unil.ch/news/1744125... 👏 Félicitations 👏 @unil.bsky.social #chuv #unisanté
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Subsides de recherche financés par le FNS: nouvelles et nouveaux récipiendaires UNIL-CHUV-Unisanté
Parmi les nouveaux subsides de recherche financés par le FNS, 23 projets de la FBM (UNIL-CHUV-Unisanté) ont été retenus.
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Briggs Group @briggsgroup.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Our work on HIV-1 matrix, led by James Stacey and @dhrebik.bsky.social, is in this week's @nature.com. Extended explanatory video from @margotriggi.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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cryoEM papers @cryoempapers.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The aPBP-type cell wall synthase PBP1b plays a specialized role in fortifying the Escherichia coli division site against osmotic rupture www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.02.646830v1 #cryoEM
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Paula Navarro @navarropaula.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
🚨👉 Please check our recent work on bacterial cell division. In situ Cryo-ET reveals the cellular function of the penicillin binding protein 1b supported by AFM, live-cell imaging, in silico AlphaFold proteome screen and TIRFM. Hope you enjoy the read! #teamtomo #cryo-ET ❄️🔬🐎 big thanks to the team!
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Paula Navarro @navarropaula.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Double the grants, double the money, double the impact! Huge thanks to our amazing teams -proof that scientific power couples thrive in inclusive, diverse and open-minded institutions. And the real winner? Science, of course!🏆🔬Grateful beyond words! ❄️🐎 @dmf-unil.bsky.social @snsf-ch.bsky.social
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Pilhofer Lab 🦠❄️🔬 @pilhoferlab.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Asgard archaea have actin - but what about microtubules? Where do they come from? 🧐 Our new paper www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... by @xujwet.bsky.social & @florianwollweber.bsky.social, in collaboration with the Schleper & Wieczorek labs, describes tiny Asgard microtubules! #TeamTomo #ArchaeaSky 1/6
Credit: Margot Riggi (@margotriggi.bsky.social), Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry (@mpibiochem.bsky.social)
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Ricardo D. Righetto @lifeonthewedge.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
WE GOT THE COVER!!!
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Paula Navarro @navarropaula.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Hello bluesky community! Happy to be finally here ;)🐎
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